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Determining a player’s talent and championship-winning potential based on his All-Star game appearances (or lack thereof) is a bit dubious. The All-Star selection process is a fun but flawed exercise that mixes fans’ rooting interests and opinions with coaches’ biases. Anyone who ever stuffed an All-Star ballot box at [...]

Editor’s note: It’s the preseason and we’re not going whole-hog Last Call because, let’s be honest, the Jazz are not going to be world-beaters this season. Also, did I mention it’s still the preseason? Still, we have some takeaways from the game, packed in a nice little doggy bag for you t[...]

1. Would you feel comfortable building around a core of Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, and Enes Kanter? Patrick James, (@patrickmjames): I like all three guys, but I’d rather think of it as building “with” them than building “around” them. You still need a fourth guy who is unquestionably[...]

In preparation for the upcoming 2013-2014 Clippers season, we’re looking at the roster individually to demystify some popular myths. We’ll also be exploring and predicting potential team myths that may arise throughout this season and analyzing their accuracy. Jamal Crawford, “the chucker” For a[...]

The Clippers waived forward Brandon Davies, the team announced Monday afternoon. Davies played in five preseason games with the Clips, averaging 3.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in 11.2 minutes a night. He also spent time on the Clippers’ Las Vegas Summer League team back in July. He averaged 5.8 points per g[...]

If you missed Part One of Dylan’s player previews, click here. Welcome back! It is mid-October and this new-look Clipper team already has a few pre-season games under its belt. New offensive sets are being deployed and players are adjusting to both the new offensive and defensive systems. And though it has only b[...]

Editor’s note: It’s the preseason and we’re not going whole-hog Last Call because, let’s be honest, the Nuggets are not going to be world-beaters this season. Also, did I mention it’s still the preseason? Still, we have some takeaways from the game, packed in a nice little doggy bag for you to nosh on the way hom[...]

1. Darren Collison scored 31 points last night versus Portland. So obviously the question is: Darren Collison, best backup point guard in the league? Jacob Frankel, (@jacob_frankel): No. The big question with Collison has always been defense, and it’ll stay that way until he can prove otherwise. Looking back, it&[...]